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A Downton Abbey comeback is precisely the comforting, low-stakes palate-cleanser we need

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Hold on to your cloche hats: a seventh season of Downton Abbey is reportedly in the works, almost a decade after the wildly popular costume drama’s finale. According to the Daily Mail, “filming has been going on for a few weeks now”, with secrecy around the production sky-high. “It was such a huge success before and there are so many more stories to be told, it seemed such a shame not to be able to make more of it,” a source told the paper.

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